Understanding Fan Culture

Friday 20:00 – 20:50

What is fandom? If you consider yourself part of it, how would you describe it? Is there anything about it that makes it particularly appealing? How has it changed? And what do you think people from outside the community (especially those trying to break in) most need to know about it? How can we better understand what it means to be a fan in the 21st century and beyond?

Amazing Stories Magazine holds a meeting for its bloggers and community members.

Steve Davidson (and YOU)

Gateway Drugs: The Stories That Turn People Into Fans

Saturday 11:00 – 11:50

Panelists discuss the works of science fiction, fantasy, and horror that captured their imaginations and opened the floodgates to fandom. What stories hooked them? What was it about these works that made them want more? What newer tales might have that power to intoxicate?

Fanzines, ezines, and blogs come and go, and return again in new and different forms. What is it about fanzines that gives them such resiliency when so many readerships remain in perpetual flux? What are the advantages of these forms? What do their readers — and writers — get out of each?

Boston Star Trek Convention 2014

Saturday, June 21, 2014 9:00 AM

Creation Entertainment’s Official STAR TREK Convention come back to Boston with an impressive roster of scheduled guests. Scott Bakula, Kate Mulgrew, Avery Brooks, Terry Farrell, Robert Beltran, Tim Russ, and more! It should be a fun weekend!

Gold Weekend passes are on sale now for $210. This gets you autographs from all those listed above, plus reserved seating. Additional ticket options (Silver, general weekend admission, and single day) will be offered as they get closer to the event. I’ll post here when that happens. Photo ops cost extra. I am cautiously optimistic that this will be a fun event. I hope you’ll join us!

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Message From the Publisher Well this is long over-due. Seven and a half months in and I'm finally getting around to addressing all of the members here.First - thanks for joining. I really mean it!Next - I'd like to hear from you all. Don't hold back on letting me know what you think we ought to be doing, or what you think we're doing wrong, or even what you think we're doing right!Feel free to send me emails or messages (though please understand that it may take me a while to get back to you - kinda busy, you know?); if you'd like your comments or suggestions to remain private, please do me the courtesy of stating that in your communication.Finally - I'm looking for a "few good fans" to help me increase Amazing Stories' reach, particularly members who also participate in Tumblr, Reddit and Google+. If you'd like to help out, give me a shout!Steve Close

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Amazing Stories was originally published by the Experimenter Publishing Company in 1926 and was the world's first science fiction magazine. Its owner, publisher and first editor was Hugo Gernsback who has been called the Father of Science Fiction.Amazing Stories was published continuously - by different publishers - until 1995. It was resurrected between 1998 and 2000 and again between 2004 and 2005.Now it is back again, published by a new version of the Experimenter Publishing Company, in a new format, with a bright new future awaiting it.

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